Jaguar Mark VII

The Jaguar Mark VII is a 4-door saloon from Jaguar, built from 1950 to 1956, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 1951–1954: 3442 cc I6.

The background

The Jaguar Mark VII is a four-door luxury car produced by Jaguar Cars of Coventry from 1950 to 1956. Launched at the 1950 British International Motor Show as the successor to the Jaguar Mark V, it was called the Mark VII because there was already a Bentley Mark VI on the market.

A version of the Jaguar Mark V with the XK engine had been designated as the Mark VI, but it is thought that only two were built. In its original 1950 form the Mark VII could exceed 100 mph, and in 1952 it became the first Jaguar to be made available with an optional automatic transmission. Mark VIIs were successful in racing and rallying.

The engineering

Power comes from 1951–1954: 3442 cc I6; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 3696 lb MarK VII. The wheelbase is 120 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Jaguar Mark V; its successor was the Jaguar Mark VIII; assembly was at Coventry, England, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Bel Air, the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Cadillac Eldorado — show what else the money bought that year. Its Jaguar stablemates include the F-Type and the Vanden Plas.

What it costs now

There is no federal ownership record for the Jaguar Mark VII — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.